Photoshop Activity Book

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What I know about

Photoshop

What I want to know

What I learned

LESSON 1

Learning Objective: The aim of this lesson is to list examples of what

Photoshop software can be used for, list the different parts of the Photoshop
workspace, successfully create a new document, resize images and rename
layers.
1.0 What is Photoshop?
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by
Adobe Systems for Windows and OS X.
Like any image-editing program, you can use Photoshop to "alter" images
like photos, downloaded icons, or scanned artwork.

2.0 Which program do I use?

Adobe Creative Cloud gives you the world's best creative apps and
they're always up to date; so you can turn your brightest ideas into your
greatest work across your desktop and mobile devices.

3.0 Why use Photoshop?

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- You can express yourself creatively

photography
- You can be more efficient
possibilities are endless
- You save money
tutorials

- You can edit

- The
- Unlimited

Editing Photos and Colours

Photo Manipulation

Mash Up Photos

Beauty Editing

4.0 Photoshop Workspace

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A. The tools panel: Contains tools for creating and editing images,
artwork, page elements, and so on. Related tools are grouped together.
B. The document window: Displays the file youre working on.
Document windows can be tabbed and, in certain cases, grouped and
docked.
C. The layers panel: Where we handle all of our layer-related tasks, from
adding and deleting layers, to adding layer masks and adjustment
layers, changing layer blend modes, turning layers on and off in the
document, renaming layers and grouping layers.

5.0 Tools Panel

Description
Move Tool

Image

The move tool simply lets you move objects in a given

layer around the Photoshop canvas. E.g. moving an image
up or down.
Magic Wand
Clicking an area with the magic wand will tell Photoshop
to select the spot you clicked on and anything around it
that's similar. E.g. Selecting just the head from a photo.
Crop Tool
The crop tool is used to (surprise!)
Eye Dropper Tool
The eyedropper tool lets you click on any part of the
canvas and sample the colour at that exact point
Paint Brush and Pencil Tool
The paintbrush is a tool that imitates a paintbrush and
the pencil is a tool that imitates a pencil.
Eraser Tool
The erase tool is almost identical to the paintbrush,
except it erases instead of paints.
Type Tool
The type tool lets you type horizontally.
Shape Tool
The shape tool lets you create vector rectangles, rounded
rectangles, circles, polygons, lines, and custom shapes.

6.0 Creating a new document

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeRWu6bwVek

7.0 Inserting and resizing images

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8KY4CG2HKI

8.0 Renaming layers

Explanation

Example

A new image has a single layer.

Layers work in hierarchal order.
It is important to rename your
layers so you dont get confused.
It is important to keep your
layers organized as your
project grows.
Layers in Photoshop are like a stack of
pancakes, a vertical stack with one
thing on top of another.

9.0 Quick Selection Tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4E958yi-9A

LESSON 1
Learning Objective: The objective of this lesson is to practice duplicating
layers, adjusting colours and effects of photos and saving a .psd file and a
.jpeg file
Adjusting Colours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4dUHN7mc_U
Saving Files on Photoshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73BAdIJDvQ

Activity Two
Follow the checklist step by step. You will be practicing your skills and
editing photos in Photoshop.
1.

Upload an image from the Internet of your favourite T.V show or

favourite sports team

2.

Duplicate the image 4 times in one Photoshop file

3.

Rename the layers 1, 2, 3, 4

4.

Add a different effect to each image through image -> adjustments

5.

Save as Activity 2.psd

6.

Save as Activity 2.jpeg

7.

Add the .jpeg below and list the four different adjustment
effects you used:

Activity Two
Follow the checklist step by step. You will be practicing your skills and
creating an image in Photoshop.
1.

Download the resources file from Compass Simpsons Photoshop

2.

Create a new document in Photoshop. This should be A5 size,

landscape, 150 resolution

3.

Insert the beach image from the resources file . Make it the size of
your document by transforming the size

4.

Rename the layer beach image

5.

Add the image of Bart into your document. Crop the white
background out

6.

Rename the layer to Bart. Place him on the right side of your
image

7.

Add the image of the beach ball into your document. Crop the
white background

8.

Rename the layer to beach ball and place it near Bart on the sand

9.

Save your file as a .psd file. Rename it Photoshop Activity 1

10.

Add the image of the palm tree in your document. Crop the white

background
11.

Make the palm tree larger so its near the other tree

EXTENSION:
12.

Add the image of the hammock into

your document. Crop the white background

13.

Put the hammock between the two palm trees and make it bigger.

Add lines using the paint tool to connect the hammock to the tree.
Make them orange
14.

Rename the layer to hammock

15.

Add the image of Homer and crop out the white background.

16.

Make Homer larger and put him on the hammock. Rename his

layer to Homer

Reflection
Answer the following questions after completing Activity 1.
3 things I learnt today:
1.
2.
3.

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2 things I want to know more about:

1.
2.
1 thing I mastered:
1.
Add a screenshot of your complete Activity 1 below:

LESSON 3
Learning Objective: The objective of this lesson is to explain what the liquify
tool does, adjust image colour and crop images together.
The Liquify Tool
The Liquify filter lets you push, pull, rotate, reflect, pucker, and bloat any
area of an image. The distortions you create can be subtle or drastic, which

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makes the Liquify command a powerful tool for retouching images as well as
creating artistic effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSLNGNxU80k

Activity Three
1.

Download an image of an animal off of the Internet

2.

Use the liquify tool to distort its appearance

3.

Use the quick selection tool and change the colour of either a part
of the animal or the whole animal

4.

Save as Activity 3.psd

5.

Save as Activity 3.jpeg

6.

Insert your .jpeg below:

Match the correct Word with the Sentence

Words:
- Quick selection
- Crop
- Eye dropper
- Layers
- liquefy
1.

- Scale
- .psd
- .jpeg

To select a specific part of an image, use the ______ tool

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3.
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8.

To save an image that could not be edited again, save it as a ______ file
It is important to rename ______
To change the size of an image, go to transform -> ________
A Photoshop file is called ______
The ______ finds a particular colour in an image
To delete a portion of an image, use the _____ tool to create focus
To distort an image, use the ____ tool to pucker or distort

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